Food can be cooking using a variety of methods. Let’s look at some of the way s to cook. You can boil food (like rice) by covering it with liquid and setting it on the heat to make the liquid roil with bubbles. Something your steam food by putting it in a basket above boiling water another method is to poach where the food stays on the surface of gently boiling water. Poaching is for delicate food, Like eggs or fish, which might fall apart if they are left in the boiling water.